Favorite memes

SED · Post by **SED** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:59 pm

meme: (pron. 'meem') A contagious idea that replicates like a virus, passed on from mind to mind. Memes function the same way genes and viruses do, propagating through communication networks and face-to-face contact between people. The root of the word "memetics," a field of study which postulates that the meme is the basic unit of cultural evolution. Examples of memes include melodies, icons, fashion statements and phrases.

SED · Post by **SED** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:01 pm

Mine at the moment is oons-oons-oons-oons. Thought it was just one person's take on techno thumping, but my kids' nanny said it today when she was dancing with the boys.

SED · Post by **SED** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 3:30 am

Heeere, Ronny Ronny Ronny . . . .

Ron · Post by **Ron** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 9:55 am

SED wrote:Heeere, Ronny Ronny Ronny . . . .

LOL! Got a treat for me? I don't like chocolate and prefer single malts, if that's some useful info.

Favorite meme? Um, nope, don't got one that I can come up with right now. But I do like the notion of being a meme gardner, something that an online acquaintance calls himself. Wonder if you could consider a priest a meme gardner as much as/more than a "shepherd," to the folk in their congregation?

Ron

Kundalini · Post by **Kundalini** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:00 pm

meme: (pron. 'meem') A contagious idea that replicates like a virus, passed on from mind to mind. Memes function the same way genes and viruses do, propagating through communication networks and face-to-face contact between people. The root of the word "memetics," a field of study which postulates that the meme is the basic unit of cultural evolution. Examples of memes include melodies, icons, fashion statements and phrases.

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SED · Post by **SED** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 10:03 am

Hey Kunda

I flattered that anyone posts to my threads, but could you please try to make sense? I'm just a simple man, afterall.

BAS · Post by **BAS** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 10:08 am

Kids underwear hanging out of their pants! Whoever started this meme is obviously playing a very cruel joke on the followers of fashion, getting kids to voluntarily make themselves look completely ridiculous!

B.

EspressoDude · Post by **EspressoDude** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 10:18 am

GO COMMANDO

johnquincyaddingmachine · Post by **johnquincyaddingmachine** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:56 pm

I like the 'alien astronaut' theory - what started as essentially racist anthropological speculation (based in the notion that 'primitives' simply could not have developed their own technology) spawned 100 years worth of excellent science fiction, films, tv shows, religious groups, etc.

SED · Post by **SED** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 8:41 pm

johnquincyaddingmachine:

You're heading in the right direction, but a meme isn't a theory. It's a single word/thought/image that fully connotes and denotes a discreet idea.

Right, Ron?